Nursing Practice in the Philippines

Lorodz · Jan 18, 2008

if i were you, take the nclex and apply for a us green card, wait for 3 to 5 +++ years and then go to the us. while waiting, gather some experience. its just so hard to be a nurse in this country.

lenjoy03, RN · Jan 20, 2008

After four years of sleepless nights studying nursing, what's next after graduation? what's next after passing board exam? At first we thought that after finishing a nursing course, it would give us relief and assurance of a great future. Unfortunately, it would not be easy. It would not be easy looking for a job or even looking for training. There were thousands and thousands of new nurses in the Philippines without jobs. Some nurses tend to find job not related in their field of expertise just to survive. I am still hoping and praying that nurse organizations and the government will find ways to fix the unemployment of nurses in the Philippines.

I understand what you mean. Although I'm not one of those unemployed nurses because I'm lucky enough to study in a school that is permanently and only affiliated on a reputable hospital. Assurance of great future was applicable if you took nursing 10-5 years ago because few students are taking up this course. Now that its starting to be a business in some schools, the quality of nursing is slowly deteriorating and some people dont realize or see this.... Parents still encouraged thier children to to take up nursing not minding that there are already many unemployed nurses out there... Every year, history repeats itself and new nurses are left unemployed with sooooo many obstacles before getting a job.

The government can see this... They just dont want to listen to complains and suggetions.... Instead, they make ways to make money out of this problem!!!! Sometimes, its every man's for himself! WE can't always depend on the government to help us, instead, let's make it our own way to make and find opportunities that can help us survive! All we can do for those in authority is that, pray for them to know how to listen...

wenursetheworld · Jan 22, 2008

I agree with you guys!

Lorodz · Jan 23, 2008

why the government is not doing anything about the mushrooming nursing schools? its simple really.

from the mushrooming nursing schools, they get incentives, like taxes, application fees etc. = more KICKBACK!

secondly, OFW's remittances keeps our economy afloat, so the more nurses migrate the more money for remittances= more taxes= more KICKBACK.

more nursing schools, more nursing schools buying expensive books, expensive materials= more taxes= more KICKBACK

maybe our government only sees the immediate effects of this but on the long run everybody losses. I just hope not only the government but also WE do something about it.

atabs · Jun 25, 2008

guys, unemployed nurses are multiplying every year.. why dont we make an organization like pna, ansap and for us we can have unp> "unemployed nurses of the philippines"hahaha!!. :smokin: surely if were already be recognized our government will be humiliated and hopefully help us solve our problem.. ....:chuckle

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xinammon, RN · Jul 28, 2008

After four years of sleepless nights studying nursing, what's next after graduation? what's next after passing board exam? At first we thought that after finishing a nursing course, it would give us relief and assurance of a great future. Unfortunately, it would not be easy. It would not be easy looking for a job or even looking for training. There were thousands and thousands of new nurses in the Philippines without jobs. Some nurses tend to find job not related in their field of expertise just to survive. I am still hoping and praying that nurse organizations and the government will find ways to fix the unemployment of nurses in the Philippines.

Not only should the growing unemployment rate be addressed but also the salary rate as well. We are professionals but we can't work unless we volunteer or pay a hospital a huge some of money just to be trained. Then if we even get absorbed, the pay is just pesos away from the minimum limit.

Also, we are not just professionals, we save lives. We should be treated with respect and be properly compensated like every other profession here in this country.

suzanne4, RN · Jul 29, 2008

As long as people are willing to pay tuition for programs that they are not going to be able to use, you are going to see an increase in the number of unemployed nurses that are there.

It has nothing to do with the government making changes to the needs of the facilities, the issue is that there are many more nurses than they can use, and this is nothing new. It is just that it has gotten out of hand.

632,000 in school less than two years ago and now 950,000 enrolled this year in nursing school.

There is no work available even in other countries, there has always been a limit as to how many can go overseas according to the visas that are available. Cut down significantly the number that will actually graduate and then only about 44% pass the NLE, and that is now required for almost all other countries as well as actual work experience. Completing a training program or a volunteer program in a hospital is not accepted by most either.

And it is no longer three to five years for the US, more like greater than five years and increasing. The number of visas has not increased but the number of applicants far exceeds what is available per year. And if someone wishes to go into nursing at this point, it should not be with the goal of going to work in the US as those chances are getting slimmer and slimmer as time goes on.

None of the other professions are being well compensated in your country either, that is why many have gone into nursing now as second coursers, or a way to get to the US quickly with the green card, but that is definitely not the case.

This is why that it is so important that any that are going into nursing now need to understand that it is not going to be easy for them to get a job in the field when they are done.

As long as people are willing to pay for these programs, then the schools are going to keep opening.

Things should start with nurses protesting about the poor training first of all that we are seeing now from quite a few of the bad programs that are still there and functioning.